Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center

4600 E. Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1407990088

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$254.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$728.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$62.86 with TCHP vs $546.00 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
TCHP Medicaid|All Plans $62.86 ↓ -75%
CHC Medicaid|All Plans $62.86 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Plans $66.17 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $67.49 ↓ -74%
HUMANA Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -69%
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↓ -69%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $80.35 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $80.35 ↓ -68%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $81.13 ↓ -68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $84.28 ↓ -67%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $84.28 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $90.65 ↓ -64%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $115.00 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Exchange $118.16 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|PPO $118.16 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|HMO $118.16 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|Charter $118.16 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $118.16 ↓ -54%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $118.16 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $118.16 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $129.97 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $149.66 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $188.36 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $206.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $207.85 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $256.79 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $284.17 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $345.01 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $404.09 ↑ +59%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $429.52 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $436.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $473.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $473.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $495.04 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $509.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $509.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $546.00 ↑ +114%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,333.65 $64.85 – $323.41
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $517.87 $70.89 – $303.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $282.91 $12.00 – $353.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $300.41 $8.00 – $450.61

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